Jen Psaki Spots GOP Lawmakers' 'Brazen' Move To Tie Conspiracies With A 'Bow'
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The former Biden White House press secretary slammed House Republicans for pushing a "solution looking for a problem" with a non-citizen voting bill.
MSNBC’s Jen Psaki bashed House Republicans for merging conspiracy theories as they backed a bill that would require proof of citizenship for people registering to vote despite it being illegal for non-citizens to vote in federal elections.
House Speaker Mike Johnson spoke outside the Capitol surrounded by GOP lawmakers last week as he proclaimed that there’s a “threat of non-citizens and illegal aliens voting” in elections although such moves are extremely rare.
The former Biden White House press secretary knocked Republicans’ election fraud narrative as she flipped to clips of Johnson and senior Trump White House adviser Stephen Miller linking the non-citizen voting bill to a “wide open” southern border.
“What makes those remarks from Johnson and Co. even more outrageous is the brazen attempt to actually tie two right-wing conspiracies together all in one with a bow,” said Psaki, noting that the GOP combined its mass election fraud claim with the “racist and frankly dumb” replacement theory.
She added that it’s apparently “mainstream Republican dogma” that Democrats and elites are purposefully bringing migrants to America for the purpose of diluting political power.
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